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According to Sternin, Illingworth also denied a request made by the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) to use amplification for its annual call to prayer event during Islam Awareness Week. HIS President Zayed M. Yasin '01 said his group had been permitted to use amplification at the event in past years...
...Illingworth said the denial was a simple misunderstanding of the group's plans. He said the request was approved once the plans were clarified...
...according to Yasin and Sternin, the group has damaged the administration's credibility with...
...stage and off, Kyle attempts to explore the world of underappreciated (sometimes deservedly, sometimes not) stand-up comedians. "I have gained a whole new respect for comedians," Kyle says. "They get shit on, not many people respect their way of living." During one scene, Kyle shows Tim entertaining a group of intoxicated union members at a party, while one audience member heckles him by yelling "Sheep" and "That's baaaad" at regular intervals throughout Tim's routine...
...suffering and tragedy of comedians and their ability to transform their personal struggles and awkwardness into laughter. In one scene, Tim sits huddled in a booth at a bar with a few comics, testing new material and firing jokes back and forth at each other. They appear like a group of loners, neither fawned over by women nor paid any particular attention by anyone, just poking fun at themselves, their condition and the situations they encounter. It is there, in those moments, that Gilman uncovers the essence of humor, that it need not be on a stage or in front...